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The minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof Vioal Onuwuliri is expected to appear before the House of Representatives committee on Foreign Affairs to brief the lawmakers on alleged plans to sell the Nigeria House in New York, United States.
The structure has been the official residence of Nigeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations and the counsel general.
Recall that Hon Yakubu Dogara (PDP, Bauchi) had on November 5, raised a motion in the House objecting plans to sell off the Nigerian House. The legislators had subsequently mandated the Foreign Affairs committee to conduct a public hearing on the matter following adoption of the prayers of the motion.
Dogara had also alleged that “in a bid to sell off the property very cheaply, an estimated repair bill of N2.754 billion has been prepared so that the government would be discouraged from carrying out the needed repairs and sell off the property”.
According to clerk of the committee Haruna Zakari, other officials who will also be present at the hearing include the permanent secretary of the ministry, Ambassador Dr. Martins Uhomoibi; current Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to UN, Prof Joy Ogwu and the deputy, Ambassador Usman Sarki, Nigeria’s ambassador to the US, Washington DC, Prof Adebowale Adefuye; former Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to UN, Prof Ibrahim Gambari; current Nigeria’s ambassador to China and former Permanent Representative to UN, Aminu Wali and former Foreign Affairs Minister, Olugbenga Ashiru.
The Nigeria House was said to have been bought in 1961 by late Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa from the famous John Davison Rockefeller family at the sum of $1 million and is said to be located in one of the most expensive places in the world which makes it both historic and strategic.
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The structure has been the official residence of Nigeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations and the counsel general.
Recall that Hon Yakubu Dogara (PDP, Bauchi) had on November 5, raised a motion in the House objecting plans to sell off the Nigerian House. The legislators had subsequently mandated the Foreign Affairs committee to conduct a public hearing on the matter following adoption of the prayers of the motion.
Dogara had also alleged that “in a bid to sell off the property very cheaply, an estimated repair bill of N2.754 billion has been prepared so that the government would be discouraged from carrying out the needed repairs and sell off the property”.
According to clerk of the committee Haruna Zakari, other officials who will also be present at the hearing include the permanent secretary of the ministry, Ambassador Dr. Martins Uhomoibi; current Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to UN, Prof Joy Ogwu and the deputy, Ambassador Usman Sarki, Nigeria’s ambassador to the US, Washington DC, Prof Adebowale Adefuye; former Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to UN, Prof Ibrahim Gambari; current Nigeria’s ambassador to China and former Permanent Representative to UN, Aminu Wali and former Foreign Affairs Minister, Olugbenga Ashiru.
The Nigeria House was said to have been bought in 1961 by late Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa from the famous John Davison Rockefeller family at the sum of $1 million and is said to be located in one of the most expensive places in the world which makes it both historic and strategic.
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